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The Ghosts of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons

23 August 2024

Church Rd, Great Milton

Are the affluent customers of one of Oxfordshire's most famed Michelin-starred restaurants aware of the building's ghostly history?

Haunted Horspath: A Ghostly Schoolroom Encounter

7 February 2024

3 Blenheim Rd, Horspath

In late 1873, a haunting at a Horspath school terrified teachers perplexed clergymen.

Map showing Gansdown (or Gangsdown) Hill

The Unsolved Murder of Richard Green

8 December 2023

A7074, Gansdown Hill

Richard Green was violently murdered one December night, yet his loyal horse still managed to deliver him home by morning.

A map showing the Devil's Churchyard, 1912

The Devil's Churchyard at Checkendon

22 October 2023

Woodland Northeast of Checkendon, South Oxfordshire

Buried in woodland in South Oxfordshire is a heart-shaped earthwork enclosure that for hundreds of years has been known as the Devil's Churchyard.

Camping party at Hart's Wood, Goring, 1880

The Goring tragedy that inspired Jerome K. Jerome

17 October 2023

Hartslock Woods, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

A memorable and moving incident from Jerome K. Jerome's novel Three Men in a Boat was inspired by a real-life tragedy at Goring-on-Thames that was reported in newspapers nationwide.

The Knights Templar at Sandford-on-Thames

9 August 2023

Henley Road, Sandford-on-Thames

The legend of the mysterious Knights Templar still captivates people today. And one of their most important bases in England was located right here in Oxfordshire.